Dannevirke and much of Hawke's Bay may escape heavy rain forecast for the country over the next few days.
The MetService has been issuing warnings with heavy rain expected across the country over the next two days, but only scattered showers are forecast for Dannevirke.
A high pressure system which brought the sun to Dannevirke earlier this week was set to move east, and a frontal system would move over the west of the South Island.
MetService meteorologist David Miller said the front, which includes what is known scientifically as an "atmospheric river", would bring "significant accumulations" of rain to northern and western parts of the South Island and is expected to last until Thursday evening.
The front was predicted to move eastwards onto the North Island, and heavy rain was likely to be in many parts of the island, with elevated areas including the Tararua Range bearing the brunt of it.